U.S. News and World Report 2009 political science department rankings

The 2009 U.S. News and World Report political science department rankings are out. Want to see how graduate departments have changed rankings? The previous USN&WR poli sci rankings, from 2005, are pasted below the 2009 rankings. For comparison, other rankings are below the two sets of USN&WR rankings.

For my post on grad program expectations regarding GRE scores, check this out.

***2009

1 Harvard University 4.8
1 Princeton University 4.8
1 Stanford University 4.8
4 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 4.7
5 Yale University 4.6
6 University of California--Berkeley 4.5
7 Columbia University 4.4
7 University of California--San Diego 4.4
9 Duke University 4.2
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2
11 University of California--Los Angeles 4.1
11 University of Chicago 4.1
13 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 4.0
13 Washington University in St. Louis 4.0
15 University of Rochester 3.9
15 University of Wisconsin--Madison 3.9
17 New York University 3.8
17 Ohio State University 3.8
17 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 3.8
20 Cornell University 3.7
21 Northwestern University 3.5
21 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 3.5
21 University of Texas--Austin 3.5
24 Texas A&M University--College Station 3.4
24 University of California--Davis 3.4
26 Indiana University--Bloomington 3.3
26 University of Washington 3.3
28 Emory University 3.2
28 Michigan State University 3.2
28 Pennsylvania State University--University Park 3.2
28 University of Maryland--College Park 3.2
28 University of Pennsylvania 3.2
33 SUNY--Stony Brook 3.1
33 University of Iowa 3.1
33 University of Virginia 3.1
36 Rice University 3.0
36 University of California--Irvine 3.0
36 University of Notre Dame 3.0
39 Florida State University 2.9
39 George Washington University 2.9
39 Georgetown University 2.9
39 Johns Hopkins University 2.9
39 University of Colorado--Boulder 2.9
39 University of Pittsburgh 2.9
39 Vanderbilt University 2.9
46 Brown University 2.8
46 University of Arizona 2.8
48 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 2.7
49 University of California--Santa Barbara 2.6
49 University of Florida 2.6
51 Arizona State University 2.5
51 Claremont Graduate University 2.5
51 George Mason University 2.5
51 SUNY--Binghamton 2.5
51 Syracuse University 2.5
51 University of California--Riverside 2.5
51 University of Georgia 2.5
51 University of Kansas 2.5
51 University of Nebraska--Lincoln 2.5
51 University of North Texas 2.5
51 University of South Carolina--Columbia 2.5
[end 2009 rankings]

***2005
Political Science (Ph.D.)
Ranked in 2005*

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Harvard University (MA) 5.0
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.8
4. Princeton University (NJ) 4.7
5. University of California–Berkeley 4.6
Yale University (CT) 4.6
7. University of California–San Diego 4.4
8. Duke University (NC) 4.3
University of Chicago 4.3
10. Columbia University (NY) 4.2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2
University of California–Los Angeles 4.2
13. Ohio State University 4.0
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 4.0
University of Rochester (NY) 4.0
16. University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9
Washington University in St. Louis 3.9
18. Cornell University (NY) 3.8
New York University 3.8
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.8
21. Northwestern University (IL) 3.6
22. Michigan State University 3.4
Texas A&M University–College Station 3.4
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.4
25. Indiana University–Bloomington 3.3
University of Iowa 3.3
University of Texas–Austin 3.3
University of Washington 3.3
29. Emory University (GA) 3.2
Rice University (TX) 3.2
SUNY–Stony Brook 3.2
University of California–Davis 3.2
University of Maryland–College Park 3.2
University of Pennsylvania 3.2
35. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.1
University of California–Irvine 3.1
37. Florida State University 3.0
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.0
University of Arizona 3.0
University of Virginia 3.0
41. Georgetown University (DC) 2.9
George Washington University (DC) 2.9
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.9
University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.9
University of Pittsburgh 2.9
46. Brown University (RI) 2.8
University of Colorado–Boulder 2.8
48. Arizona State University 2.6
Claremont Graduate School (CA) 2.6
Syracuse University (NY) 2.6
University of California–Santa Barbara 2.6
University of Florida 2.6
Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.6
54. University of Georgia 2.5
University of Kansas 2.5
University of South Carolina–Columbia 2.5
University of Southern California 2.5
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2.5

***2006-2007 Vanguard Scholars College Preview poli sci rankings (National Research Council)

(.5 scores indicate tie)

Harvard University (1)
University of California Berkeley (2)
Yale University (3.5)
University of Michigan (3.5)
Stanford University (5)
University of Chicago (6)
Princeton University (7)
University of California Los Angeles (8)
University of California San Diego (9)
University of Wisconsin Madison (10)
University of Rochester (11)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12)
University of Minnesota (13)
Duke University (14)
Cornell University (15)
Columbia University (16)
Ohio State University (17)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (18)
University of Texas Austin (19)
Indiana University (20)
Johns Hopkins University (21)
Northwestern University (22)
University of Washington (23)
Washington University (24)
University of Iowa (25)
University of Virginia (27)
Rutgers State University New Brunswick (27)
Michigan State University (27)
University of Maryland College Park (29)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (30)
University of Pittsburgh (31)
University of California Irvine (32)
University of Houston (33)
State University of New York Stony Brook (34)
University of Arizona (35)
Emory University (36)
Georgetown University (37)
Florida State University (38)
University of Colorado (39)
Syracuse University (40)
University of California Santa Barbara (41)
University of Pennsylvania (42)
Arizona State University (43)
University of Georgia (44.5)
University of Notre Dame (44.5)
University of California Davis (46)
City University of New York Graduate School & University Center (47.5)
George Washington University (47.5)
Tufts University (49)
University of Hawaii Manoa (50)
Rice University (53)
University of Kentucky (54)
Brandeis University (55)
New York University (56)
University of South Carolina (57)
Purdue University (58)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (59.5)
American University (59.5)
University of California Riverside (61)
University of Southern California (63)
University of Kansas (63)
University of Nebraska Lincoln (63)
Vanderbilt University (65.5)
State University of New York Albany (65.5)
University of Connecticut (67)
State University of New York Binghamton (68)
Pennsylvania State University (69)
University of Denver (70)
University of Oregon (71)
State University of New York Buffalo (72)
Wayne State University (73)
Louisiana State University (74)
Boston College (75)
American University* (76.5)
University of Oklahoma (76.5)
Claremont Graduate School (78)
University of Missouri Columbia (79)
Northern Illinois University (80)
University of Utah (81)
Boston University (82)
Temple University (86)
Tulane University (87)
University of New Orleans (88)
Washington State University (89)
University of Tennessee Knoxville (90)
Texas Tech University (91)
University of Texas Dallas (92)
Northern Arizona University (93)
Kent State University (94)
Fordham University (95)
Catholic University of America (96)
Clark Atlanta University (97)
Idaho State University (98)